Writing isn't going so well for me just now--I'm scattered among different projects and I keep going back and forth between two possible plot directions in my sequel to All Good Children. Not good. I don't like writing blind. I don't want to whine -- that's why I haven't blogged in a month -- so I'll write about other people's… Continue reading Fall Faves
Tag: picture books
Exercise and Anglerfish
I intended to exercise this morning but my pets conspired against me. I haven't exercised for twelve days due to a bout of bronichiitis that shows no sign of improvement. I fear that all my weight-lifting gains are fading fast. Compare me twelve days ago (left) to me now (right): Notice how the glow is gone? Being under the… Continue reading Exercise and Anglerfish
Feast and Famine
In 2008, after several years of writing for children, I had the good fortune to sell two manuscripts in the same year: a picture book to Kids Can Press in the spring; and a middle-grade novel to Orca Book Publishers in the fall. I did not understand the bleak book market at that time and I had no idea how… Continue reading Feast and Famine
Illustrations and other Surprises
I opened an email last week to find a message from my editor at Kids Can Press with a file attachment showing the revised roughs of my first picture book. What a treat! I can't include a picture here, of course. You'll have to wait for the finished book - now scheduled for release in Spring… Continue reading Illustrations and other Surprises
Catherine Austen 